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I'm convinced that Apple intentionally made the Reminders app cumbersome to make Siri's interface to create reminders more attractive. Apple simply knows too mu
by cmelbye 15y ago
I'm convinced that Apple intentionally made the Reminders app cumbersome to make Siri's interface to create reminders more attractive. Apple simply knows too much about good design to have made an app this awkward without it being intentional.
- masklinn 15y ago> Apple simply knows too much about good design to have made an app this awkward without it being intentional. It is intentional. It's intended that Reminders is first and foremost a to-do list, hence the basic entry mode being entering a lists of things to do. Notice: * You don't need to tap "+" to create a new task, you can tap the empty line at the end of a list * Pressing the "return" key on the virtual keyboard drops you to a new task creation Everything else (timed reminders, geofencing, notes, changing the list, changing the priority) is considered secondary. Reminders maps pretty directly to Mail's Todo lists. edit: after having marshalled my thoughts more, see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3265820 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3265820 tl;dr: "manual mode" reminders is a simple and fast todos list, whereas "automatic (siri)" reminders is a secretary taking your appointments, issues happen when trying to use one for the other.
- arethuza 15y agoWhat about iTunes for Windows then? Is its awkwardness intentional?
- illumin8 15y agoThe optimist inside me hopes that what you say is true. The pessimist inside of me thinks that perhaps an app would never have been released in this sorry state under Steve's watch...
- masklinn 15y agoAll of iOS5 was designed "under Steve's watch"...